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Kostanay Region

Administrative centre: Kostanay

Regional akim (governor): Kumar Aksakalov

The region at a glance

Administrative centre: Kostanay. The population is 825,569 people (data for 2025), which is 4.1% of the population of Kazakhstan. From 2015 to 2025 the population changed by −6.4% (from 881,569 to 825,569 people). The urban population is 63.1% and the rural population is 36.9%. Gross regional product for 2025 is KZT 5,932,830 million (3.7% of the national GRP); per capita it is KZT 7,186,353. The unemployment rate is 4.6% (Q2 2025) and the employment rate is 66.9% (2024). The consumer price index relative to the same month of the previous year is 112.1 (October 2025). All figures are based on data from the Bureau of National Statistics; below you will find the dynamics and a full table of values with sources.

Population

825,569 persons

Period: 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)

Kazakhstan: 20,283,399

Dynamics

806K907.2K1M2000200520102015202020252000: 988,787 persons2001: 959,274 persons2002: 935,717 persons2003: 919,558 persons2004: 913,435 persons2005: 907,396 persons2006: 903,178 persons2007: 900,333 persons2008: 894,192 persons2009: 886,329 persons2010: 883,379 persons2011: 881,656 persons2012: 879,635 persons2013: 880,116 persons2014: 880,968 persons2015: 881,569 persons2016: 883,806 persons2017: 879,134 persons2018: 875,616 persons2019: 872,795 persons2020: 868,549 persons2021: 864,550 persons2022: 835,686 persons2023: 832,234 persons2024: 829,984 persons2025: 825,569 persons

Poverty rate

3.6 %

Period: 2024 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)

Kazakhstan: 5.0

Dynamics

-2.623.248.920012005200920132017202120242001: 42.4 %2002: 43.9 %2003: 42.3 %2004: 40.0 %2005: 34.5 %2006: 14.0 %2007: 10.4 %2008: 9.0 %2009: 6.8 %2010: 6.4 %2011: 4.6 %2012: 3.3 %2013: 2.6 %2014: 2.5 %2015: 2.7 %2016: 2.6 %2017: 2.4 %2018: 4.1 %2019: 3.4 %2020: 3.5 %2021: 3.4 %2022: 5.0 %2023: 3.5 %2024: 3.6 %

Unemployment rate

4.6 %

Period: Q2 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)

Kazakhstan: 4.6

Dynamics

4.64.74.82023-Q12023-Q32024-Q12024-Q32025-Q12025-Q22023-Q1: 4.8 %2023-Q2: 4.7 %2023-Q3: 4.7 %2023-Q4: 4.8 %2024-Q1: 4.7 %2024-Q2: 4.6 %2024-Q3: 4.6 %2024-Q4: 4.6 %2025-Q1: 4.6 %2025-Q2: 4.6 %

Gross regional product

5,932,830 KZT million

Period: 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)

In the BNS CSV the values are given with a factor of 10^12 relative to the stated unit "KZT million"; normalised by dividing by 10^12 (the original string is preserved).

Kazakhstan: 159,608,553

Dynamics

247.6K3.4M6.5M2010201320162019202220252010: 856,747 KZT million2011: 1,134,275 KZT million2012: 1,150,679 KZT million2013: 1,348,290 KZT million2014: 1,394,868 KZT million2015: 1,378,258 KZT million2016: 1,522,282 KZT million2017: 1,850,281 KZT million2018: 2,069,286 KZT million2019: 2,451,736 KZT million2020: 2,872,210 KZT million2021: 3,516,221 KZT million2022: 4,182,078 KZT million2023: 4,436,636 KZT million2024: 4,969,559 KZT million2025: 5,932,830 KZT million

GRP per capita

7,186,353 KZT per person

Period: 2025 · Source: KYRAN calculation based on BNS datacalculated

KYRAN calculation: GRP (KZT million) × 10^6 ÷ BNS population for the same year (period label as in the source).

Kazakhstan: 7,868,925

Dynamics

223.9K4.1M7.9M2010201320162019202220252010: 969,853 KZT per person2011: 1,286,527 KZT per person2012: 1,308,133 KZT per person2013: 1,531,946 KZT per person2014: 1,583,335 KZT per person2015: 1,563,415 KZT per person2016: 1,722,417 KZT per person2017: 2,104,663 KZT per person2018: 2,363,235 KZT per person2019: 2,809,063 KZT per person2020: 3,306,906 KZT per person2021: 4,067,111 KZT per person2022: 5,004,365 KZT per person2023: 5,330,996 KZT per person2024: 5,987,536 KZT per person2025: 7,186,353 KZT per person

Consumer price index (year over year)

112.1 % of the same month of the previous year

Period: October 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)

Kazakhstan: 112.6

Dynamics

101.3112.6123.92011-012013-072016-012018-072021-012023-072025-102011-01: 107.7 % of the same month of the previous year2011-02: 108.8 % of the same month of the previous year2011-03: 108.1 % of the same month of the previous year2011-04: 107.8 % of the same month of the previous year2011-05: 107.7 % of the same month of the previous year2011-06: 107.7 % of the same month of the previous year2011-07: 108.1 % of the same month of the previous year2011-08: 108.4 % of the same month of the previous year2011-09: 108.1 % of the same month of the previous year2011-10: 107.6 % of the same month of the previous year2011-11: 107.2 % of the same month of the previous year2011-12: 106.8 % of the same month of the previous year2012-01: 105.2 % of the same month of the previous year2012-02: 103.8 % of the same month of the previous year2012-03: 103.9 % of the same month of the previous year2012-04: 104.4 % of the same month of the previous year2012-05: 104.5 % of the same month of the previous year2012-06: 104.4 % of the same month of the previous year2012-07: 104.2 % of the same month of the previous year2012-08: 104.2 % of the same month of the previous year2012-09: 104.3 % of the same month of the previous year2012-10: 104.5 % of the same month of the previous year2012-11: 104.6 % of the same month of the previous year2012-12: 105.0 % of the same month of the previous year2013-01: 106.4 % of the same month of the previous year2013-02: 106.6 % of the same month of the previous year2013-03: 106.3 % of the same month of the previous year2013-04: 106.2 % of the same month of the previous year2013-05: 105.9 % of the same month of the previous year2013-06: 105.8 % of the same month of the previous year2013-07: 106.0 % of the same month of the previous year2013-08: 106.1 % of the same month of the previous year2013-09: 105.8 % of the same month of the previous year2013-10: 105.6 % of the same month of the previous year2013-11: 105.2 % of the same month of the previous year2013-12: 104.7 % of the same month of the previous year2014-01: 103.5 % of the same month of the previous year2014-02: 104.8 % of the same month of the previous year2014-03: 105.4 % of the same month of the previous year2014-04: 105.1 % of the same month of the previous year2014-05: 105.5 % of the same month of the previous year2014-06: 105.8 % of the same month of the previous year2014-07: 105.6 % of the same month of the previous year2014-08: 105.8 % of the same month of the previous year2014-09: 106.0 % of the same month of the previous year2014-10: 106.2 % of the same month of the previous year2014-11: 106.8 % of the same month of the previous year2014-12: 107.1 % of the same month of the previous year2015-01: 107.5 % of the same month of the previous year2015-02: 105.5 % of the same month of the previous year2015-03: 104.9 % of the same month of the previous year2015-04: 104.9 % of the same month of the previous year2015-05: 104.7 % of the same month of the previous year2015-06: 104.2 % of the same month of the previous year2015-07: 104.1 % of the same month of the previous year2015-08: 103.8 % of the same month of the previous year2015-09: 104.3 % of the same month of the previous year2015-10: 109.6 % of the same month of the previous year2015-11: 111.9 % of the same month of the previous year2015-12: 111.9 % of the same month of the previous year2016-01: 113.3 % of the same month of the previous year2016-02: 114.2 % of the same month of the previous year2016-03: 114.5 % of the same month of the previous year2016-04: 114.2 % of the same month of the previous year2016-05: 114.1 % of the same month of the previous year2016-06: 114.9 % of the same month of the previous year2016-07: 115.4 % of the same month of the previous year2016-08: 115.8 % of the same month of the previous year2016-09: 114.9 % of the same month of the previous year2016-10: 109.6 % of the same month of the previous year2016-11: 107.8 % of the same month of the previous year2016-12: 108.5 % of the same month of the previous year2017-01: 106.9 % of the same month of the previous year2017-02: 107.0 % of the same month of the previous year2017-03: 107.8 % of the same month of the previous year2017-04: 108.2 % of the same month of the previous year2017-05: 108.3 % of the same month of the previous year2017-06: 108.4 % of the same month of the previous year2017-07: 107.9 % of the same month of the previous year2017-08: 107.0 % of the same month of the previous year2017-09: 107.2 % of the same month of the previous year2017-10: 107.4 % of the same month of the previous year2017-11: 107.1 % of the same month of the previous year2017-12: 106.9 % of the same month of the previous year2018-01: 106.6 % of the same month of the previous year2018-02: 106.4 % of the same month of the previous year2018-03: 106.0 % of the same month of the previous year2018-04: 106.2 % of the same month of the previous year2018-05: 106.1 % of the same month of the previous year2018-06: 105.4 % of the same month of the previous year2018-07: 105.4 % of the same month of the previous year2018-08: 105.8 % of the same month of the previous year2018-09: 106.0 % of the same month of the previous year2018-10: 105.5 % of the same month of the previous year2018-11: 105.5 % of the same month of the previous year2018-12: 105.1 % of the same month of the previous year2019-01: 105.3 % of the same month of the previous year2019-02: 104.9 % of the same month of the previous year2019-03: 104.7 % of the same month of the previous year2019-04: 104.5 % of the same month of the previous year2019-05: 104.7 % of the same month of the previous year2019-06: 105.0 % of the same month of the previous year2019-07: 105.2 % of the same month of the previous year2019-08: 105.5 % of the same month of the previous year2019-09: 105.2 % of the same month of the previous year2019-10: 105.4 % of the same month of the previous year2019-11: 105.2 % of the same month of the previous year2019-12: 105.3 % of the same month of the previous year2020-01: 105.4 % of the same month of the previous year2020-02: 105.7 % of the same month of the previous year2020-03: 106.2 % of the same month of the previous year2020-04: 106.6 % of the same month of the previous year2020-05: 106.7 % of the same month of the previous year2020-06: 106.5 % of the same month of the previous year2020-07: 106.9 % of the same month of the previous year2020-08: 106.8 % of the same month of the previous year2020-09: 106.8 % of the same month of the previous year2020-10: 107.0 % of the same month of the previous year2020-11: 107.1 % of the same month of the previous year2020-12: 107.2 % of the same month of the previous year2021-01: 107.1 % of the same month of the previous year2021-02: 107.2 % of the same month of the previous year2021-03: 107.0 % of the same month of the previous year2021-04: 107.0 % of the same month of the previous year2021-05: 107.0 % of the same month of the previous year2021-06: 108.1 % of the same month of the previous year2021-07: 108.3 % of the same month of the previous year2021-08: 108.6 % of the same month of the previous year2021-09: 108.7 % of the same month of the previous year2021-10: 108.6 % of the same month of the previous year2021-11: 108.5 % of the same month of the previous year2021-12: 108.3 % of the same month of the previous year2022-01: 108.4 % of the same month of the previous year2022-02: 108.5 % of the same month of the previous year2022-03: 111.9 % of the same month of the previous year2022-04: 112.6 % of the same month of the previous year2022-05: 113.5 % of the same month of the previous year2022-06: 114.2 % of the same month of the previous year2022-07: 115.0 % of the same month of the previous year2022-08: 115.9 % of the same month of the previous year2022-09: 118.4 % of the same month of the previous year2022-10: 118.5 % of the same month of the previous year2022-11: 118.8 % of the same month of the previous year2022-12: 120.2 % of the same month of the previous year2023-01: 120.7 % of the same month of the previous year2023-02: 121.7 % of the same month of the previous year2023-03: 117.9 % of the same month of the previous year2023-04: 116.9 % of the same month of the previous year2023-05: 116.1 % of the same month of the previous year2023-06: 114.7 % of the same month of the previous year2023-07: 113.8 % of the same month of the previous year2023-08: 112.8 % of the same month of the previous year2023-09: 110.8 % of the same month of the previous year2023-10: 110.7 % of the same month of the previous year2023-11: 110.4 % of the same month of the previous year2023-12: 109.3 % of the same month of the previous year2024-01: 108.9 % of the same month of the previous year2024-02: 108.4 % of the same month of the previous year2024-03: 108.3 % of the same month of the previous year2024-04: 108.4 % of the same month of the previous year2024-05: 108.4 % of the same month of the previous year2024-06: 108.1 % of the same month of the previous year2024-07: 107.7 % of the same month of the previous year2024-08: 107.8 % of the same month of the previous year2024-09: 107.5 % of the same month of the previous year2024-10: 107.4 % of the same month of the previous year2024-11: 107.6 % of the same month of the previous year2024-12: 107.7 % of the same month of the previous year2025-01: 108.1 % of the same month of the previous year2025-02: 108.5 % of the same month of the previous year2025-03: 109.0 % of the same month of the previous year2025-04: 109.4 % of the same month of the previous year2025-05: 109.9 % of the same month of the previous year2025-06: 110.4 % of the same month of the previous year2025-07: 110.8 % of the same month of the previous year2025-08: 111.1 % of the same month of the previous year2025-09: 112.0 % of the same month of the previous year2025-10: 112.1 % of the same month of the previous year

All indicators

Population and demography

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Population825,569persons2025
Urban population521,018persons2025
Rural population304,551persons2025
Births8,248persons2025
Crude birth rate10.02per 1,000 people2025
Deaths8,257persons2025
Crude death rate10.03per 1,000 people2025
Infant mortality rate6.07per 1,000 live births2025
Natural increasecalculated*-9persons2025
Rate of natural increasecalculated*-0.01per 1,000 people2025

Income and living standards

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Poverty rate3.6%2024

Labour market

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Unemployment rate4.6%Q2 2025
Employment rate66.9%2024
Employed: agriculture, forestry and fishing87,175persons2024
Employed: industry and construction90,248persons2024
Employed: services261,885persons2024

Economy

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Gross regional product*5,932,830KZT million2025
GRP per capitacalculated*7,186,353KZT per person2025
GVA: wholesale and retail trade*794,872KZT million2024
GVA: transport and storage*299,772KZT million2024
GVA: information and communication*31,974KZT million2024
GVA: real estate*494,203KZT million2024

Industry

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
GVA: mining and quarrying*430,214KZT million2024
GVA: manufacturing*1,163,672KZT million2024
Coal production7.2thousand tonnes2017
Iron ore production25,292.8thousand tonnes2025
Copper ore production155.8thousand tonnes2016
Electricity generation1,285.5million kWh2025
Flour production1,082,388tonnes2025
Bread production16,695tonnes2025

Agriculture

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
GVA: agriculture, forestry and fishing*487,537KZT million2024
Harvested area: cereals and pulses4,035,774hectares2025
Harvested area: oilseeds817,043hectares2025
Harvested area: fodder crops764,488hectares2025
Harvested area: vegetables1,392hectares2025
Milk production227.2thousand tonnes2025
Wool production434.3tonnes2025
Egg production389.2million pcs2025
Fish catch869tonnes2025
Roundwood harvest49,322m³2025

Construction and housing

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
GVA: construction*376,141KZT million2024

Prices and inflation

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Consumer price index (year over year)112.1% of the same month of the previous yearOctober 2025
Consumer price index (month over month)100.7% of the previous monthOctober 2025
Consumer price index (since December)109.9% of December of the previous yearOctober 2025

Education

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
University students19,345persons2025
University teaching staff1,002persons2025
University graduates5,051persons2025
TVET graduates6,275persons2025
TVET teachers1,544persons2025
School students114,913persons2025
School teachers14,042persons2025
Adjusted net enrolment, primary education99.57%2025

Healthcare

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Hospital beds4,659beds2024
Hospitals42units2024

Foreign trade

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Exports of goods1,804.4USD million2025
Imports of goods3,368.8USD million2025

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueUnitPeriod
Internet users93.2%2025
Mobile phone owners95.6%2025